My career has been driven by my passions of fostering and creating a culture of support, recognising and rewarding practice through motivating, developing and nurturing colleagues pedagogic and career development to enhance the student experience. Within my current role as Head of the Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement I provide vision and leadership to operationalise a series of priority strands including reward and recognition through our internal Professional Recognition scheme, National Teaching Fellowship and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence, equality, diversity and inclusion within the curriculum and personal tutoring. I am focused on authentic collaboration between academic and professional services to harness expertise to enhance the learning and teaching experience.